THE youngest member of the notorious Durham clan has been banned from the neighbourhood his family has terrorised.

Aaron Lewins, 18, can no longer step foot on the streets of Highfield, in Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, where he has targeted families with violence, criminal damage and verbal abuse.

The teenager, who takes his father’s name, is the youngest of Marie Durham’s sons, who were evicted from nearby Engel Street for a catalogue of vile behaviour.

The louts stalked the street with knives, golf clubs and CS gas cylinders, made racist remarks, pelted bricks at neighbours and became well-known for climbing through the windows of their house.

Now Blaydon Magistrates Court has made Lewins the subject of a post-conviction ASBO, or Crasbo, banning him from the Highfield, High Spen and Rowlands Gill areas of Gateshead.

The measure, which will last for two years, comes after Lewins was found guilty of stealing a non-winning scratchcard from a car, and smashing the window of a social club with his head.

Cops say they have been forced to take the action in a bid to protect quality of life of families in the area.

Temporary Insp Dave Carruthers said: “This ASBO has been granted to prevent Lewins, a prolific offender, from committing further offences in the Gateshead area. This ASBO illustrates that when we receive complaints from residents we take them seriously and act on them.”

Families in Highfield thought they had seen the back of the Durham clan, when they were evicted by the Gateshead Housing Company, in November 2008.

Just days later the family, which includes Aaron’s brothers Damien Lynn and Dale Lewins, resurfaced only walking distance along the road, two miles away in Chopwell.

Weeks later they were discovered living in a tent in a field across the road from the house they were thrown out of.

Until recently Lewins has been living on Gladstone Street, in No Place, Stanley, County Durham, but had been crossing the border back into Gateshead to commit crimes.

Police have been called to deal with Lewins more than once a month over the last year.